ibm.com — Much too much has happened with Linux in the last 10 years to do anything like a complete job of listing the important events and technological advances surrounding this operating system.But nevertheless,in celebration of our 10th birthday,the Linux zone team looks back and presents to you some major milestones.
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darkfusOct 8, 2009
"10 Important Linux Developments Everyone Should Know About" Really? Everyone?
ptfoeOct 8, 2009
looking at the comments, just another indication of the rise of the ignorant American on digg
narishmaOct 8, 2009
They actually did exactly what you are asking them to. They listened to their (potential) customers and the majority of them wanted a cheaper PS3 so they did that by removing the Other OS option, among other things. The ones who are interested in running Linux on it unfortunately are a minority. You can't please everyone so you may as well please the ones who will make you more money (by buying games).
archiesteelOct 9, 2009
Lucid00: the Dalvik VM is a Java virtual machine used by the Android OS, but Android itself isn't a VM. It's an actual operating system running on the Linux kernel.
gaymathmanOct 11, 2009
To many of the commentors here, Linux does have a similar level of funding as MS Windows. IBM (big one here), Novell, Red Hat, Canocinal are companies that massively support Linux, with IBM commiting close to 10% of all Linux kernel changes! Most of these companies develop the kernel and a few libraries, so they are polished to an astounding shine; largely because of IBM's contributions, Linux is basically the ONLY choice for a supercomputer. That being said, the applications in Linux are far less stable than their Windows counterparts. Amarok and certian parts of KDE come to mind in my experience, as well as a pdftex install on a system I sshed into to work crapping out for no apparent reason. If the poster one level up was implying that Linux, being the kernel and related components, is less stable than Windows, it is sorely mistaken; both Linux and Windows are extremely stable. A whole Linux distribution will tend to give the impression that is less stable than a similar Windows installation, as some components will crash on a fairly regular basis, although the core system itself is just as stable.
gaymathmanOct 11, 2009
@ archiesteel, Mono is now supported by Microsoft's legal people. They have a vested interest in .net on Linux; MS wants .net and Silverlight to (deservedly) help kill off the scourge that is Adobe flash, sell Visual Studio, and potentially gain a few Windows installations for .net projects. As such, they now agree to not sue anyone who uses it, implements it, or does anything with it.<a class="user" href="http://port25.technet.com/archive/2009/07/06/the-ecma-c-and-cli-standards.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://port25.technet.com/archive/2009/07/06/the-e ...</a>They even are helping in the development of Moonlight (Silverlight for Linux), which already sucks less than Flash for me on 64 bit Linux, although that's like saying Bush was better than Buchanan. Moonlight is also 100% safe from patent infringement claims if you just use it because it is developed by Novel and MS.
Closed AccountOct 13, 2009
An update to anyone still checking this thread: the Karmic beta f**ked my computer right over :)I had to reinstall everything.